Improvement in fare-registers



J. G. MOODY, E. E. GLASKIN & T. MINER. FARE-REGISTER.

No. 172,761. Patented Jan. 25,1876.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOSEPH G. MOODY AND EDWIN E. GLASKIN, OF NEW YORK, AND THEODORE MINER, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNORS OF ON E-HALF THEIR RIGHT TO EUGENE F. DALY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARE-REGISTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,761, dated January '25, 1876; application filed July 3, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that we, JOSEPH G. MOOD and EDWIN E. GLASKIN, of the city, county, and State of New York, and THEODORE MI- NER, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Fare-Register, of which the following is a specification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a front view; Fig. 2, a sectional top view of interior of fare-register, with faceplate detached; Fig. 3, a rear view, with back plate taken off and Fig. 4 a transverse section on the line 0 c of Fig. 2 of our improved fareregister.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

Our invention relates to an improved fareregister that forms an eflective check for the conductors of streetrailway, omnibus, and other lines, and enables the passengers to determine readily whether the conductor has properly registered the fare, compelling him also to register the exact amount received.

The invention consists of one or more sliding and revolving face buttons and dials, according to the different classes of fares to be collected, said revolving dials being thrown by suitable cog-wheel mechanism and pawldetents into gear with cog-wheels mounted loose on a central bearing, operated by a swinging lever and spring-pawl, in such a manner that the turning of the dials and the clicking of a bell are produced at the same time, and the gear-connection of the dial cog-wheels then interrupted, the device being incapable of work when the required depression of the sliding button and the swinging of the lever is not jointly attended to. The revolutions of the dials are registered by a dili'erential gear connected therewith.

In the drawing, A represents the outer casing that incloses the registering and alarm mechanisms, being provided with face-plate, having apertures for the revolving dial-plates of the registers, and a hinged rear plate that may be locked in such a manner to the casing that no opening and tampering with the inte rior parts is possible, and by the opening of which the number of fares, &c., may be read oft.

The fare-register may be arranged with one or more registering mechanisms, according to the number of different fares to be collected, the respective dials being plainly marked either on the button, dial, or faceplate with a figure indicating the amount of fare.

Each registering mechanism is composed of a revolving dial, with sliding button, that depresses gear-wheels and throws them into gear with the actuating and alarm mechanism. l/Vhen two or three fare-registering devices are arranged in one apparatus, the actnatin g and alarm mechanism may be em ployed to work them all; when more than three registers are required an encircling actuatingwheel, with outer and inner teeth, maybe used to Work with one lever all the dili'erent' registers.

Each dial-plate B is appropriately painted and arranged with a pointer that passes along the numbers of the face-plate toindicate each fare, and allow the turning of the dial by the conductor to be readily noticed by the passenger.

A button, 0, slides in the central sleeveshaped hub-extension of the dial, being carried back by a suitable bottom spring, and coupledin any desirable manner to suitable gear and ratchet wheels D, that are provided with the necessary spring-check pawls or detents E. The gear-wheels D mesh, when depressed by the button O, with actuating-wheels F, that are operated by a swinging lever, Gr, pivoted to the shaft of the double wheel F, and guided in a slotted recess, a, of easing A.

The wheels F are also engaged by a springcheck pawl, and turned by a spring-pawl, b, pivoted to lever G, that enters the upper one of the actuating-wheels F, engaging then by said upper wheel any one of the depressed wheels D, which again moves the lower one of wheels F, and thereby actuates a springpawl, (I, having a clapper or hammer, d, that strikes the alarm-bell H mounted on the shaft of the actuating-wheels.

If it is desired that the different classes of fares should also be distinctly recognized by sounds, the gear and ratchet wheels D of each register are not constructed alike, but with slight differences. When, for instance, the lowest fare is to be distinguished by the click of the bell, the next class of fare by two, and the highest by three, or vice versa, the teeth of the ratchet-wheels have to be in the first case equal in number with the teeth of the cog-wheel; in'the second case two teeth of the cog-wheel are arranged to one of the ratchet, and in the last one ratchet-tooth is arranged to three of the cog-Wheel.

The check-pawls E of the cog and ratchet wheels D are made with step-shaped recesses, with the upper part projecting farther than the lower part, by which the turning of the wheels D is prevented before depression, but allowed when depressed, the teeth of the ratchets clearing the upper detent section of the pawls, so that the same bind on the wheels and retain them in such position until the wheels G, at the joining of a ratchet and gear Wheel tooth, are released from the retaining action of the pawls, and carried in upward direction out of gear with the actuatingwheels by the spring of the sliding buttons. The connection of the actuating and gear mechanism is thus positively interrupted whenever the required number of alarms, sounded with each respective register, is given. If the required number is not sounded the working of the device is suspended, and the conductor can only mark off the next fare when the full number of sounds is produced.

The arrangement of the cog-wheels and ratchets may, however, be made in any suitable manner, as we do not confine ourselves to this special construction. If one click of the bell only for each register is desired the ratchets are made uniform in all the registering devices that are combined into one instrument.

The number of revolutions of each dial are recorded by means of differential cog-wheels I, that are arranged at the rear side of the supporting-plate L of the apparatus.

A toothed or volute-shaped ring, M, is keyed to the lower end or shaft of each gear mechanism, and moves at each full revolution of the dial the differential wheels I. The upper wheel I is cut with one tooth less than the lower, and indicates thereby the full revolution of the lower wheel, or the number of rotations of the dial, by the forward motion of the upper Wheel beyond the index-tooth of the lower wheel for the distance of one tooth.

The number of fares received are thus conveniently read off on opening the lock-plate, and by the difference of the numbers indicated the fares for each trip readily obtained. The differential arran gement prevents the so-called counting up of the register by running out the registering device, which practice is not an uncommon one in the case of the bellpunches recently employed. The use of checktickets or strips is dispensed with, and the conductor thereby enabled to work the register much easier, while the device forms a more perfect control of the conductor, with less chance of tampering or defrauding than heretofore.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A fare-register constructed of one or more revolving registering devices, in combination with actuating c0g-wheels mounted loose on a central bearing, and operated by swinging lever, and with a belt-alarm, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the revolving dialplate and gear-wheels of a fare-registering device, of a sliding spring, acted button, and recessed pawl-detent, for holding the gear mechanism depressed, and admitting the turning of gear-wheels by the actuating mechanism, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the sliding and springacted gear wheels, with a recessed springpawl that locks the gear-wheel into position when not depressed, and retains them in position when depressed until released at defined periods, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination of the revolving registerin g device, having ring with projecting part keyed thereto, with a differential gearing for indicating number of revolutions of dial-plate and registering faces, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

JOSEPH G. MOODY. EDWIN E. GLASKIN. THEODORE MINER. Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, T. B. MosHER. 

